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fledgling
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« on: February 18, 2007, 09:56:08 PM »
How do YOU get rid of them?
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2007, 10:03:25 PM »
Move!
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fledgling
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2007, 10:04:53 PM »
Tried that. Me thinks it's more hobby related.
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2007, 10:18:08 PM »
Fleas must have a pet in the house in order to survive long term. I once threw my dog in a doghouse outside for 8 months over winter until both he and my house were rid of them, and it worked. That's how desperate I became. With the new flea meds for pets, you should find success but you won't notice an improvement for quite awhile, until all the eggs have hatched out. If they are coming off your specimens, spray the floor with permethrin before bringing the specimen in your house and keep your pets on Advantage or some equivalent.
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2007, 10:30:41 PM »
We have 5 cats that are in and out of the house.  I treat them on the first of the month with the Hartz UltraGuard-plus.  If there is a flea here, it will get on me.  I believe the cats mop them up, and then they are killed with this systemic product.   I skin bobcats and freeze the skin before fleshing and tanning.  Bobcats are more flea laden than any other mammal that I work with.
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fledgling
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2007, 10:37:58 PM »
They haven't made it into the house.(yet). Just curious of the various methods out there.I soak the pelts(for about 2hrs in cold water) after skinning and before fleshing.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2007, 10:53:54 PM »
I know that a little detergent in the water reduces the surface tension and the little suckers sink like a stone.
Food for thought.
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2007, 11:19:53 PM »
http://www.fleabuster.com/

Treat your carpets with it and they will be gone...
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Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. They are one and the same...

Re-hydrate! It is an important step.


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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2007, 12:08:50 PM »
Sevin dust on the shop floor and carbuerator/chhoke spray on fleas laden critters that come in the shop door.
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